Virginia Property Tax Exemption for Veterans will appear on the November 2, 2010 statewide ballot as an legislatively-referred constitutional amendment. The amendment will ask voters if they will approve or reject a property tax exemption for residents 65 or older or with disabilities that are permanent. It also mandates that homeowners show that they have a tax burden on their property in relation to their income in order to receive such exemptions.

The ballot question reads:Shall Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia be amended to authorize legislation that will permit localities to establish their own income or financial worth limitations for purposes of granting property tax relief for homeowners not less than 65 years of age or permanently and totally disabled?

I picked other...I see plenty of people on disability driving nice I mean nice vehicles and all...and they could be working instead of driving around going to mcd's and walmart all day long everyday...

No. Their annuity companies and their investments are the reason we are in this financial mess. Wall street basically over levied their properties so those retirement funds that they had yet to receive could be recovered on the back end. Wall street bet on their previous trend of them paying their debts and got tricked. As another posted stated, "their excessive spending habits". Maybe the government is seeing this spending as a stimulation for the younger generation to earn an income that will support social security for the elderly and disabled. If their children don't want them to starve, let them take care of them. Tax exemption sounds like an future reason to cut more jobs. If cutting jobs is conservatism, America needs to start looking for an alternative to the system not just two outdatetd political stances.

I picked other...I see plenty of people on disability driving nice I mean nice vehicles and all...and they could be working instead of driving around going to mcd's and walmart all day long everyday...The elderly should be exempt. The disable should be with in limits

I think like someone else said with limitations just because some citizens are over 65 doesn't mean anything if they have problems like cataracs or something then u should not make them pay but if they are perfectly healthy driving cadillac escalades then hell no they need taxed!!

another thought...taxes on your car when you purchase it, pay the dmv tag fees every year, pay for a state inspection each year, pay the county a registration fee or decal fee, pay the county personal property fees every year....really? Think about it folks, you are being Taxed way to much! This I know. Our tax dollars are being used to support NEEDLESS local, state a federal jobs.... get involved! Govern yourself, SMALLER GOVERNMENT!

Lower taxes and bring it back in another arena and call it what? A state toll? A city usage fee on your utility bill? The magician doesn't have to make it disappear, he only has to conceal it. tricky little guys aren't they? Lower or elimination the costs are going anywhere. But understand that their is going to be a another handling charge added for fooling you.

<quoted text> Lower taxes and bring it back in another arena and call it what? A state toll? A city usage fee on your utility bill? The magician doesn't have to make it disappear, he only has to conceal it. tricky little guys aren't they? Lower or elimination the costs are going anywhere. But understand that their is going to be a another handling charge added for fooling you.

No, in a depression, there should be lower taxes, unless there is an inflation problem. I don't support the government lowering one tax and raising another. That's not what the debate is about.

<quoted text>No, in a depression, there should be lower taxes, unless there is an inflation problem. I don't support the government lowering one tax and raising another. That's not what the debate is about.

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